How much do they want Millsap? Would they give up George Hill (PG), Brandon Rush
(wing), and a draft pick? That would fill some holes for the Jazz with young
guys (25 & 26 years old) who have played pretty long minutes (20+) coming
off the bench. They're both cheap and provide some depth in places we need
it.

Is Indiana desperate enough for Millsap that they will also take
Okur off our hands at the same time with all their cap space?

I am tired of Utah being the farm club for other NBA teams...we fight for
Millsap and now he's available...come on, we need a new general manager who
understands talent...lets make the general manager available.

I would like to think that the Jazz can make some deals to get a good core of
solid young players to develop into a winning team. The only problem is that the
Jazz tend to spend a lot of time and money developing players that end up
signing elsewhere in free agency. There just isn't much player loyalty toward
teams. If the Jazz can make the right deals to the right players, they may have
a chance to keep some of them. If only the "all-stars" that get the
big contracts didn't get hurt so often.

Veracity: I like Millsap but he is available because his kind are a dime a
dozen. I know we love to believe our players are not just all-stars but
superstars. On offense, Millsap does fine, but he is too small to guard big PFs
and too slow to guard quick SFs. He does the most he can with his natural
attributes but he has limitations on defense.

To me, Millsap isn't
much different than Udonis Haslem, Brandon Bass, Jeff Green, Eduardo Najera, and
half a dozen other hard-working players who do more with their talents than many
more gifted players. If I need a Millsap, I think I can pick one up whenever I
want.

fastfox: Hibbert would be nice but he is their starting center
so Indiana is not likely to give him up and he doesn't help the Jazz with their
depth problems at PG and wing.

Hey "Portland Snailblazer" look at what that big contract did to the
blazers now. Going to possibly amnesty Roy? Portland, with all their money has
yet to do anything with it in the last 10 years. If KOC had that type of money
we'd know what to do with it. You guys have an aging Andre Miller and
"bummed" knee Roy along with Aldridge, no room to talk at this point.
The Jazz are sitting with 5 bigs that are huge assets to us/trade assets. Swap
Jefferson for Granger, not Millsap!

I have seen on twitter that Milsap and Jefferson are rumored to "be
available". I think the Jazz could move one and get a good deal but I would
be pretty discouraged if they moved both of them. It doesnt make a lot of sense
unless their objective is to clear the books this year for the shortened season
so they can get the youngsters experience then make moves next offseason.

Snipe: Does defense mean nothing to the Jazz anymore? Stop looking at stats and
start looking at players. Granger is one of the worst defenders in the league.
You can get away with that if you have a great defender around the basket but
there's nobody on the Jazz that fits that bill. Who would be behind him to clean
up his messes? Certainly not Jefferson or Okur. Favors can't do it. Kanter is an
unknown but what we do know about him is focused on his offensive skills, not
his defense.

The Jazz have been killed in recent years by lack of
perimeter defense. Players routinely went around Williams and our other
perimeter players, got into the middle the Jazz defense, and killed the Jazz
from the inside out. That has to change for the Jazz to become competitive
again.

@ joe5 - you think you can just pick up a guy that averages almost a
double-double per night? Can put up 46 points on the road in Miami? Hmmm...don't
think Jeff Green can do that. People forget, Millsap's contract is very
favorable in comparison to Jefferson's. Keep that in mind.

I say keep them all. Depth in the front court can be huge when you come up
against a big team like the Lakers. If we are going to trade someone to Indiana
I say trade Milsap and Okur for Granger and a draft pick.

Please dont trade for Granger. If we are going to trade someone, I hope we
trade for perimeter defense and shooting. That is what we need. Any trade with
Indiana would have to include Collison in my opinion.

If the team could somehow get the Knicks to pick up AK he would function in that
scenario. His coach would look at him and tell him and every other player to
shoot and AK would be fine with that on the 2 of 5 nights he can physically
play.

Milsap is a strong player that Utah loves to hae on hand.
However during the playoffs with the Lakers, it is alwasy the Lakers he is a
short liability. KOC knows what he has there and he will get someting to help
if Milsap is going somewhere.

KOC should trade OKUR as the game plan
has changed for the team. Without Darrin the ball gets worked inside and there
is not a demand for a big man who stands outside and lofts them basketward. The
only person in the league that Okur can defend is Timmy in San Antonio and he
and his team made history last year in the playoffs by being swept by the 8th
seed. So Timmy is about done. Other teams would need his height and shot but
the Jazz can get along without it now.

Screech has a better chance of marrying Lisa than
Okur does of being amnestied. you only to get to use the amnesty clause one
time, the Jazz aren't going to waste it on a guy who is an expiring contract.
That contract is great for them, or could be used in a trade. amnesty-ing him
would be the WORST possible move. If anyone, it will be Raja Bell.

Millsap has the intangibles such as character, hard working,
team oriented and loyalty...I can't really describe any of your dime-a-dozen
forwards with these attributes.

Anti Bush-Obama

Although I
like your name, my question to you will be...will we treat Derrick Favors with
the same available dime-a-dozen SF attitude like we are with Millsap when the
next Derrick Favors comes along...

I LOVE Milsap and I would hate to see him (or Jefferson for that matter) go.
But we do have all these big guys, and like someone else said, Derrick Favors is
going to need playing time to develop. It's a tough one. The only reason I'd
have to choose Milsap over the others as a trade piece is because of size. The
guy is a beast but he just needs to be a couple inches taller to play PF, or a
little quicker to play SF (though he does have a good shot already). But I
would only trade Paul for a PROVEN wing who plays defense and shoots a high
percentage. If you can't get that, keep Milsap here. Hayward is a good shooter
but he can't play ALL those minutes, and CJ and Bell aren't reliable enough from
outside. We need a shooter but the Jazz don't have enough cap room to just pick
up a good free agent. Trade might be the only way. :(